Lynne C. Lancaster > Quotes

“People learn best and fastest from making their own mistakes and fixing them. It’s painful to watch a child flounder, but in the long run children become more resilient and resourceful if they have to deal with failure once in a while. One of the biggest fears of today’s business strategists is that we are producing a coddled workforce of straight “A” students who are afraid to go out on a limb for fear they’ll fall. American innovation was born out of metaphorical scraped knees and bloody noses. A generation that’s been told they shouldn’t even touch a doorknob without applying antibacterial hand sanitizer may not have the rough and tumble qualities needed to compete in a global dog-eat-dog economy.”
― Lynne C. Lancaster, The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace – From Generational Experts: Understanding Born 1982-2000 Talent

“While Xers saw independence as strength, Millennials see collaboration as power. In fact, our research tells us Millennials decide if they’re staying in a new culture based on whether or not they feel connected.”
― Lynne C. Lancaster, The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace – From Generational Experts: Understanding Born 1982-2000 Talent

“when the mind shifts back and forth it actually slows down. This shifting back and forth is known as “switchtasking” and there’s a high cost to doing this habitually.”
― Lynne C. Lancaster, The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace – From Generational Experts: Understanding Born 1982-2000 Talent

“The trouble with multitasking. In study after study, researchers have shown that performing multiple tasks at once makes the brain less efficient. Basically, the brain doesn’t become proficient at doing multiple tasks, it simply becomes faster at skipping back and forth between them and blocking other information out.”
― Lynne C. Lancaster, The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace – From Generational Experts: Understanding Born 1982-2000 Talent